Speaker 1: It's awkward.
Speaker 2: It's Tuesday.
Speaker 3: It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 1: What's the worst thing that's happened at a wedding? Before?
Speaker 3: A good question? I mean I was actually thinking the
Speaker 3: groom not showing up.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be sad. There's drunken fights that happen,
Speaker 1: weird family hookups. I know at Brook's wedding, one of
Speaker 1: my former co hosts stole some presents off the gift table.
Speaker 3: That makes that makes sense?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know the statute of limitations has probably been
Speaker 1: rich so you can't even do anything. But one of
Speaker 1: our listeners is upset today after he attended a friend's
Speaker 1: wedding and some information came out that could be worse
Speaker 1: than any of the things that I just mentioned there.
Speaker 1: His name is Corey, So Corey, welcome to the show.
Speaker 4: Hey, guys, how you doing. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3: I know, I'm excited to talk to you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what's going on? You went to a wedding recently?
Speaker 4: I did? I did. I went to a wedding of
Speaker 4: one of my really good friends. You know, I've known
Speaker 4: the bride since college and really tight with her now husbands.
Speaker 3: Okay, so you like them both?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I love them both the great people. You know,
Speaker 4: I've had a lot of good memories with them and stuff.
Speaker 3: Okay, so what happened?
Speaker 1: Are you a better fit for her than the husband?
Speaker 4: Is? No, thankfully that's not the case. We so like
Speaker 4: I think she kind of like scammed me.
Speaker 3: Scammed scammed the bride scammed you.
Speaker 4: Like, not just me, but like I think she scammed
Speaker 4: like her and her husband, they scammed the entire party all.
Speaker 3: My Yeah, that's a huge accusation.
Speaker 4: I know it's a weird thing to say, but like
Speaker 4: both the bride and groom have family and friends were
Speaker 4: big drinkers. Okay, it's just like the culture of that
Speaker 4: group of people. Yeah, and totally cool. I drink a
Speaker 4: lot too, And like they had a cash bar, so
Speaker 4: everyone's paying for their own drinks.
Speaker 6: Well, and you know, I will say just in terms
Speaker 6: of like cost, like if you don't have the funds,
Speaker 6: it makes sense. And also it's a good way to
Speaker 6: keep people not getting quite as drunk.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it is like free free alcohol. People are wasted.
Speaker 1: But would they have to pay for it if you
Speaker 1: want to have a boring wedding charge people?
Speaker 4: Yes?
Speaker 1: Why is that relevant?
Speaker 4: Well, a few hours into the reception after everything went down,
Speaker 4: and I'm sitting at one of the tables having a
Speaker 4: beer with the groom and just kind of chilling hanging out.
Speaker 4: And the groom at this point is pretty tipsy and
Speaker 4: we're tight, so I mean, he leans over and he's
Speaker 4: like leaning on me, and he's kind of like conspiratorily
Speaker 4: talking to me. He's like, Okay, you want to hear
Speaker 4: something funny, dude.
Speaker 6: I'm like, okay, nothing funny ever comes out of that set.
Speaker 4: Yeah. I was like what I couldn't even imagine what
Speaker 4: was going to come out of his mouth. And he
Speaker 4: was just like, all the booze money here, it was right, the.
Speaker 3: Had to paying for the bar, right, is that what
Speaker 3: he means?
Speaker 4: So like your react? It was my reaction. I was like,
Speaker 4: what are you talking about?
Speaker 1: I would hope so.
Speaker 4: And so he goes on to tell me that all
Speaker 4: the alcohol was gifted to them by a relative who
Speaker 4: couldn't make it.
Speaker 3: Woah, present profiting.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so they're profiting off all of this. So like
Speaker 4: this whole thing is a scam because all the alcohol
Speaker 4: is already paid for.
Speaker 1: Oh god, oh wow, their own friends and family.
Speaker 3: Dude, what did you say?
Speaker 1: Everyone?
Speaker 4: Well, he was telling me that it was treeing of
Speaker 4: the bride's idea. She was like, what if we charged
Speaker 4: the guests at the bar and just pocket the catch
Speaker 4: and then the light.
Speaker 1: Bulb went off. It's messed up, but it's also so genius.
Speaker 3: Dude, But it's a wedding. You're not running a business, Jeff.
Speaker 6: You're not opening a bar trying to make money off
Speaker 6: your friends.
Speaker 1: People already getting a lot of money.
Speaker 3: Did anyone else find out at the wedding?
Speaker 4: I don't think so, no, because like I wasn't even
Speaker 4: supposed to know, but the groom was just so tipsy. Yeah,
Speaker 4: I get feeling, like, you know, cheeky about it. But
Speaker 4: like after he left, I was talking to some of
Speaker 4: like our friends about it, and they was taking it back.
Speaker 4: It's made it like no way, Yeah, I mean they
Speaker 4: were pissed and so was I.
Speaker 1: Dude. It's clearly everybody in the room is in agreement
Speaker 1: that this is wrong. You shouldn't charge guests for the
Speaker 1: booze and then pocket all the money.
Speaker 6: So you said upfront about it, Yeah, not saying anything.
Speaker 1: But is there anybody out there who disagrees and think
Speaker 1: that the bride and grim have every right to do
Speaker 1: this text in seventy five nine too. I want to
Speaker 1: hear what people have to say.
Speaker 3: Texting in right now.
Speaker 1: Promoted.
Speaker 6: All I want is this awkward Tuesday phone call to
Speaker 6: be finding out how much money they made?
Speaker 1: And Corey, do you have any idea of how much
Speaker 1: they were able to make that night?
Speaker 4: They must have made like fifteen thousand.
Speaker 1: Fifteen grand, dude, charging like one hundred bucks a person.
Speaker 1: They do like to drink.
Speaker 6: I mean, like an average wedding costs like thirty grand
Speaker 6: right now, So that's half of your wedding paid.
Speaker 4: For right now.
Speaker 1: That's actually kind of actually more.
Speaker 6: Because you didn't even pay for the alcohol, you know,
Speaker 6: so they weren't even Oh my god.
Speaker 1: Now the people that already texted in they don't approve
Speaker 1: rethink about it. Yeah, So Corey, what did you do
Speaker 1: with that information? Like, did you say anything or do
Speaker 1: anything with it?
Speaker 4: I did. I went to like some of the friends
Speaker 4: and they want me to be their spokesperson to go
Speaker 4: talk to the bride about getting the money back.
Speaker 1: And they wanted her to wait a minute, they want
Speaker 1: to be reimbursed. Now you're on a reconnaissance mission.
Speaker 3: Yeah, oh man, yeah, Like what do they doing coming
Speaker 3: with receipts, Like, excuse me, I.
Speaker 4: Ordered, yeah, I mean, like everyone's pissed and now this
Speaker 4: whole thing is out of hand, and like they want
Speaker 4: her to issue a public apology on social media, Oh,
Speaker 4: humiliate herself.
Speaker 3: How long ago was this wedding?
Speaker 4: It was like a month ago.
Speaker 3: Okay, that's fresh enough.
Speaker 1: Oh, now we're gonna call and Corey is going to
Speaker 1: ask her to reimburse the money from the bar. Put
Speaker 1: a post up on social media with a giant stack
Speaker 1: of cash in her hands, saying this is the money
Speaker 1: I stole from I guarantee you that's not going to
Speaker 1: be the outcome of this. I'm sorry.
Speaker 3: That feels worse than her doing this to begin with.
Speaker 1: Than the actual I mean, Corey, you're good friends with
Speaker 1: the bride. Why do this over the radio. Why not
Speaker 1: just have a private one on one conversation with her
Speaker 1: behind closed doors.
Speaker 4: It's just so much bigger than that. Now, Like, I
Speaker 4: can't fathom doing it alone and all the pressure is
Speaker 4: on me to do it, And like I also don't
Speaker 4: want the groom to I don't want to out him
Speaker 4: as the one who told bro she.
Speaker 3: Put himself in the situation, though he leaked it to you.
Speaker 6: She's not going to be mad at him, She's going
Speaker 6: to be mad at you.
Speaker 3: That was telling everybody.
Speaker 4: This is exactly why I'm calling you, guys. I need
Speaker 4: your help.
Speaker 1: Maybe we'll say it was our idea to call the
Speaker 1: bride that way. He's not one hundred percent responsible.
Speaker 3: Sure, Okay, we'll take and hopefully give.
Speaker 1: You some decent advice when we come back and let
Speaker 1: you make your awkward Tuesday phone call right after this.
Speaker 1: It's awkward.
Speaker 3: It's it's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to boil this story down so that
Speaker 1: people tuning in can catch up. But we're talking to Corey,
Speaker 1: who's a good friend of a newlywed bride. They just
Speaker 1: got married about a month ago, and at the party
Speaker 1: they had a cash bar, which isn't totally unusual for
Speaker 1: a wedding. Those happen, but.
Speaker 3: You have to pay.
Speaker 1: Later on in the night, the groom let it slip
Speaker 1: that a relative had already paid for all the alcohol,
Speaker 1: and the bride and groom were secretly pocketing all the
Speaker 1: cash that was made off of dreams. Wow, it maybe
Speaker 1: wouldn't have been bad if they were up front and
Speaker 1: told all the guests about it, but they didn't do that.
Speaker 1: They were kind of deceptive, sneaky, didn't let anybody that.
Speaker 1: So Corey and a few friends found out, and now
Speaker 1: they want their money back, along with a social media
Speaker 1: apology from the bride. We're about to call her and
Speaker 1: let Corey ask for all those things. But I do
Speaker 1: kind of agree with Brooke that the social media thing
Speaker 1: is going to be pretty humiliating. I wonder, Corey, if
Speaker 1: maybe we could figure out some way to get the
Speaker 1: money back that you guys want, but back off of
Speaker 1: the social media apology.
Speaker 4: I mean, I'm okay with that, but all my friends
Speaker 4: are so pissed because she was pushing people to buy
Speaker 4: more drinks. Like at the end, she was like, everybody,
Speaker 4: let's do a shot.
Speaker 1: The most expensive one that we Oh my god, I'm
Speaker 1: an entrepreneur. Okay, oh god. We're about to let you
Speaker 1: call her, but first you need to get some advice. Brooke,
Speaker 1: what do you have?
Speaker 6: The only way to approach this where she's not completely
Speaker 6: defensive is you make it so that you're on her side.
Speaker 6: So you come in and you say, hey, listen, I
Speaker 6: heard this was going on. They're not happy, but I've
Speaker 6: got a way to fix it. I'm on your side.
Speaker 6: Why don't you give them some money back?
Speaker 3: What a great idea?
Speaker 4: I mean, I just feel like she's going to be
Speaker 4: defensive no matter what.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I know, but you got to try your best
Speaker 6: to be on her side, you know, not attack her.
Speaker 1: Yeah, at least wait to attack or just a little
Speaker 1: bit before they strike. Hose, what do you think if
Speaker 1: she's resistant towards all of this, tell her what the
Speaker 1: future holds. She could lose her friends or family, and like,
Speaker 1: just spell it out. Is fifteen thousand dollars really worth it?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 6: Given all the money, what do you think of that?
Speaker 1: Corey threatened her with losing all of her friends and
Speaker 1: close relationships in her life.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I honestly don't think that's a terrible idea.
Speaker 4: If she's very resistant, I think putting it in perspective
Speaker 4: could work.
Speaker 1: Wow, it may make her go, Oh, that might actually
Speaker 1: be two decent pieces of advices that we've offered.
Speaker 3: Even with that, Jeff, I've never been as nervous as
Speaker 3: I know.
Speaker 1: I'm going to dial her number right now.
Speaker 4: You ready, I'm pretty nervous. But let's just tear up
Speaker 4: the bandate. Let's do it all right?
Speaker 1: Good luck?
Speaker 2: Man? Hello?
Speaker 4: Hey, what's up? Hey? Who's this? It's Corey? What do
Speaker 4: you mean.
Speaker 5: Your number came up as something else?
Speaker 4: It did? How are you? That's that's weird? No, I'm good.
Speaker 5: Did you have a good time at the wedding? Oh?
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was sick. It was a great time. It
Speaker 4: was it was awesome. I mean, how's post marriage life.
Speaker 5: It's good, just you know, calming down from all the craziness.
Speaker 5: I'm sad it's over. I'm happy if it's over.
Speaker 4: But it was it was great. Dah Yeah, I bet,
Speaker 4: I bet that's that's why it was a good time.
Speaker 4: It was a good time. So, uh, I heard this
Speaker 4: crazy rumor at your wedding.
Speaker 5: Okay, what did you hear?
Speaker 2: So? I heard that all the booze you guys had
Speaker 2: there was already paid for by a relative and that
Speaker 2: you guys kept the money for yourself.
Speaker 4: That's not true. Right Where where did you hear that?
Speaker 4: I don't remember, Like I was, I was hammered, you know,
Speaker 4: like it's I think someone just said it, you know,
Speaker 4: I don't know. I just I just thought.
Speaker 5: It was weird. I mean, luck, Like, I don't really
Speaker 5: want to talk about this with you, Like, I don't
Speaker 5: even know why you're asking me?
Speaker 4: Did you scam everybody? You scammed me?
Speaker 6: Me?
Speaker 5: I didn't scam anybody.
Speaker 4: I mean, like, I mean, where where did.
Speaker 5: You get this from? Like what are you even?
Speaker 2: Like?
Speaker 5: What is people?
Speaker 4: It doesn't matter, but like people know about it, Darby
Speaker 4: met Nicole. Oh, like I we're not happy, Like what
Speaker 4: were you thinking? Are you serious? Yes, they nominated me
Speaker 4: to talk to you because I've known you forever, and
Speaker 4: it's like they want their money back obviously, so why
Speaker 4: what Like is this a joke? No, it's like they're
Speaker 4: up said, like you took our money.
Speaker 5: I mean, I'm sorry, Like what's done is done. And
Speaker 5: we're going to the Caribbean obviously for our honeymoon. And
Speaker 5: Dan's using it to enter a poker tournament.
Speaker 4: A poker tournament, are you mental?
Speaker 5: Now? He's very confident he can win, and we're hoping
Speaker 5: to quadruple the money. So basically it's an investment for
Speaker 5: our future.
Speaker 4: Dreama just like what am I supposed to tell our friends?
Speaker 4: Like you deceived us and then are using the money
Speaker 4: to gamble with in a poker tournament in the Caribbean.
Speaker 5: I mean, listen, if everybody's so upset, just tell them
Speaker 5: when Dan wins the poker tournament, because he will, we'll
Speaker 5: give them, like, I don't know, half their money back.
Speaker 5: I don't know, God, hal who was laughing?
Speaker 1: Sorry, We're a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in
Speaker 1: the Morning, So.
Speaker 4: What is this?
Speaker 5: This is like on the radio or something.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is the segment we do called the Awkward
Speaker 1: Tuesday phone call, oh Man, and Corey wanted some help
Speaker 1: reaching out on his friend's behalf because his friends are
Speaker 1: really the ones who are most upset about it. Well,
Speaker 1: Corey is a little bit mad.
Speaker 3: Did you hear him?
Speaker 1: Yeah, but he did that. He called you a name
Speaker 1: out of love.
Speaker 5: I cannot believe you try to embarrass me like this.
Speaker 4: This is that.
Speaker 3: It's definitely not the point.
Speaker 4: I'm not doing this to embarrass you. And like they
Speaker 4: feel like you scan them on purpose, so they're pissed.
Speaker 5: That is ridiculous. I'm not apologizing to everybody for being
Speaker 5: smart like you guys are probably a dot thing.
Speaker 1: Oh oh.
Speaker 6: I have a question though, if you just wanted your
Speaker 6: friends to help you out put the gampoline in the honeymoon,
Speaker 6: why didn't you just start a honeymoon fund like money
Speaker 6: people do.
Speaker 5: We weren't necessarily getting gifted at the alcohol in the beginning,
Speaker 5: so that's kind of just what ended up happening. It's
Speaker 5: like whether it goes to the bar or our honeymoon fund,
Speaker 5: Like what is the difference? Like you still got to
Speaker 5: drink what you wanted to drink, Like, I don't see
Speaker 5: the big deal here, but we heard.
Speaker 1: That you were like going around the party encouraging people
Speaker 1: to buy more drinks.
Speaker 5: I was drunk. I would have done that anyway.
Speaker 1: That's yeah, it sounds like your friend Corey here, he's
Speaker 1: coming from a good place, Like he's genuinely trying to
Speaker 1: look out for you and your reputation in this friend group.
Speaker 4: You need to think about the ramifications of all of this,
Speaker 4: Like is your reputation and your friendships worth fifteen thousand dollars?
Speaker 5: Like we I mean, it's not already weird, Like all.
Speaker 4: Right, just listen. You won't be invited to parties, people
Speaker 4: are gonna ask weird around you. You won't have any friends.
Speaker 4: But now this moment, you can still say, hey, sorry,
Speaker 4: we made a mistake with the bar tab and we're
Speaker 4: willing to return the cash.
Speaker 1: Yeah what do you think, Trina?
Speaker 5: I mean, fine, whatever, like this really isn't I'm not
Speaker 5: like this mastermind behind this thing, like it's this is crazy.
Speaker 5: But who told you that matters to me?
Speaker 4: Well, I mean it was there what Yeah, yeah drunk.
Speaker 5: Well you know what, it doesn't even deserve to be
Speaker 5: in the pover tournament anyway, So I don't give a crow.
Speaker 4: That.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, well I think we have yeah, all the things,
Speaker 1: well not all the things, but most of the things
Speaker 1: that we set out for at the start this. We
Speaker 1: wanted to make the friendships right, get the money back
Speaker 1: to the guests that got the money stolen from them,
Speaker 1: and we've kind of done that.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well yeah, there were some uh but Corey, you're getting
Speaker 1: your money back.
Speaker 3: Yay.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's awesome.
Speaker 4: Okay, Well how put.
Speaker 1: On the Caribbean, Trina? Tell you tell your new husband
Speaker 1: high Happy's Brook and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 3: Brook and Jeffrey in the Morning.